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Re:The demise of America's once-mighty streetcars by samsolomon on Friday May 08, 2015 @06:34AM (#9510838)
That's interesting. What if they did the same thing for buses?

I love light rail, but it takes much more of an investment. If people would be fined for blocking buses, it might make it a better alternative.

EDIT: The other comment here is right, a bus line won't compete with trains for capacity.

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Re:The demise of America's once-mighty streetcars by CaptainZapp on Friday May 08, 2015 @07:02AM (#9510895)
Actually they're doing just that. In essence using high capacity buses on designated tracks, which are physically separated from the road. As a user it feels like a mixture between metro and bus, while being much, much cheaper to implement than a designated metro, or light rail system.

I used it in Lima and was pretty impressed about its efficiency.

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Metropolitano

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